Psychoanalysis: A Horror Therapy Podcast

Latest Episodes:

Self-Harm / The Loved Ones (2009) Nov 03, 2022

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Will you go to the dance with us?

Bring the hammer and join us for a finger lickin’ good episode on self-harm, Electra Complexes, and Sean Byrne’s brutal film The Loved Ones.

You’ve got ten seconds to listen or Daddy’s gonna nail it to the chair.

Episode Sections:

Intro - 0:00

Synopsis - 2:35

Feelings Check - 15:40

Mental Health Issue - 22:15

Movie Discussion - 37:30

Uplifting Moment - 1:27:50

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Music notes:

"Infinite Perspective" by Kevin MacLeod

"Long Note Three" by Kevin MacLeod

"Emotion Picture" by Bill Ironfield

Logo artwork by Jess Snively

Halloween Comfort Horror / Hell House LLC (2015) with Jon Grilz Oct 27, 2022

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Seven years after a found footage film causes terror in countless movie-goers and staff on the Halloween episode of our comfort horror series, a podcast crew travels back to the scene of the horror to find out what really happened.

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Music notes:

"Infinite Perspective" by Kevin MacLeod

"Long Note Three" by Kevin MacLeod

"Emotion Picture" by Bill Ironfield

Logo artwork by Jess Snively

Childhood Fears / It Chapter 2 (2019) with Stephen Foxworthy Oct 20, 2022

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You know what they say about Derry. No one who pods here ever really pods. Gather your totems and meet us in the sewers for part 2 of our series on childhood fears with It Chapter 2.

Beep-beep, motherpodder!

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Music notes:

"Infinite Perspective" by Kevin MacLeod

"Long Note Three" by Kevin MacLeod

"Emotion Picture" by Bill Ironfield

Logo artwork by Jess Snively

Comfort Horror / Shaun of the Dead (2004) with Kyle Orozovich Oct 13, 2022

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This week Mike and Lara are joined by Kyle Orozovich for the perfect Halloween comfort watch, Shaun of the Dead. This 2004 British horror comedy was at the forefront of the early aughts zombie revival. Yet where films like Dawn of the Dead and 28 days Later were grounded and self-serious, Shaun of the Dead, delivered a metric ton of laughs to go over all along with some fantastic effects and gross out visuals. Shaun gifted the world the wonderful performances of Simon Pegg and Nick Frost as Sean and Ed to slacker 20 somethings that need a good kick in the pants in the form of the zombie apocalypse to get them to finally grow up. Or at least to get one of them to grow up.

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Music notes:

"Infinite Perspective" by Kevin MacLeod

"Long Note Three" by Kevin MacLeod

"Emotion Picture" by Bill Ironfield

Logo artwork by Jess Snively

Childhood Fears / It (2017) with Stephen Foxworthy Oct 06, 2022

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When you're a pod, you think that you'll always be... protected, and cared for. Then, one day, you realize that's not true. If you open your podcast app, you will see an episode on Childhood Fears in Andy Muschietti’s It.

You’ll float too!

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Music notes:

"Infinite Perspective" by Kevin MacLeod

"Long Note Three" by Kevin MacLeod

"Emotion Picture" by Bill Ironfield

Logo artwork by Jess Snively

Cults, Fundamentalism, and Religious Fanaticism / Saint Maud (2019) Sep 29, 2022

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Take some responsibility for your podcasts. You're here because you want to listen to our episode on religious fundamentalism in Saint Maude. If you were a true believer, listening would be enough.

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Music notes:

"Infinite Perspective" by Kevin MacLeod

"Long Note Three" by Kevin MacLeod

"Emotion Picture" by Bill Ironfield

Logo artwork by Jess Snively

Cults, Fundamentalism, and Religious Fanaticism / Noriko's Dinner Table (2005) Sep 22, 2022

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This week Mike and Lara tackle another patron’s choice with Noriko’s Dinner Table. This early 2000s Japanese horror film is a master class in psychological horror as it explores two young sisters experiencing loneliness after getting pulled into a cult. While the intentions of the cult seem pure, their actions lead to horrific murder and mass suicide. Patron Holly joins us to talk about why she chose this movie and how much it impacted her as a young adult. For our mental health discussion we examine how cults and fundamental groups lure unsuspecting persons and prey on the lonely and vulnerable.

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Music notes:

"Infinite Perspective" by Kevin MacLeod

"Long Note Three" by Kevin MacLeod

"Emotion Picture" by Bill Ironfield

Logo artwork by Jess Snively

Comfort Horror / Blade (1998) with DeVaughn Taylor Sep 08, 2022

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There are worse things out tonight than podcasts.

Put on your sunscreen and meet us at the blood rave for a comfort horror episode on Blade.

Some motherf***ers are always trying to podcast uphill.

Psychoanalysis Patreon

Music notes:

"Infinite Perspective" by Kevin MacLeod

"Long Note Three" by Kevin MacLeod

"Emotion Picture" by Bill Ironfield

Logo artwork by Jess Snively

Cults, Fundamentalism, and Religious Fanaticism / The Wicker Man (1973) Sep 01, 2022

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Come. It is time to keep your appointment with the Wicker Pod. Spit out that frog and meet us on the cliffs for a festive episode on Robin Hardy’s The Wicker Man.

Do sit down, Sergeant. Pods are so much better absorbed with the knees bent.

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Music notes:

"Infinite Perspective" by Kevin MacLeod

"Long Note Three" by Kevin MacLeod

"Emotion Picture" by Bill Ironfield

Logo artwork by Jess Snively

Comfort Horror / Possessor (2020) with Zoë Rose Smith Aug 26, 2022

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We’d like you to recalibrate.

Get yourself thrown out and meet us after the party for a Comfort Horror episode on Branden Cronenberg’s Possessor.

Pull us out.